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Page 45
... lost , and finally the Continental army had re- treated to New Jersey . On the second of Decem- ber Washington was at Princeton with some three thousand ragged soldiers , and had escaped de- 45 A 46 HERO TALES struction only by the ...
... lost , and finally the Continental army had re- treated to New Jersey . On the second of Decem- ber Washington was at Princeton with some three thousand ragged soldiers , and had escaped de- 45 A 46 HERO TALES struction only by the ...
Page 53
... lost heart , and become supine and almost hos- tile , revived . The militia again took the field . Outlying parties of the British were attacked and cut off , and recruits once more began to come in to the Continental army . The Revolu ...
... lost heart , and become supine and almost hos- tile , revived . The militia again took the field . Outlying parties of the British were attacked and cut off , and recruits once more began to come in to the Continental army . The Revolu ...
Page 66
... lost in Germans and British about twice as many , but ers , and completely wrecked the forces of Baum lost nearly a thousand of his best troops , besides army never recovered from it . Not only had he The blow was a severe one , and ...
... lost in Germans and British about twice as many , but ers , and completely wrecked the forces of Baum lost nearly a thousand of his best troops , besides army never recovered from it . Not only had he The blow was a severe one , and ...
Page 88
... lost a hundred in killed and Of the British sixty - three had been wounded . sla and very many A curious coincidence wounded , every one of the was that the number of the dead or disabled having suffered from the bayonet . dead happened ...
... lost a hundred in killed and Of the British sixty - three had been wounded . sla and very many A curious coincidence wounded , every one of the was that the number of the dead or disabled having suffered from the bayonet . dead happened ...
Page 94
... lost heart and deserte to take refuge with the Nationa The multitude then passed into the Carrousel , unchecked by the Natio were face to face with the Swiss . their king , the Swiss knew not how stood their ground . There was som at ...
... lost heart and deserte to take refuge with the Nationa The multitude then passed into the Carrousel , unchecked by the Natio were face to face with the Swiss . their king , the Swiss knew not how stood their ground . There was som at ...
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